SKYLINE News Update for March 2005

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News of the Day

30 March 2005

1. Relaxing law will spur urban renewal

29 March 2005

1. Demolition works to be carried out at Kowloon Bay
2. Approved Pak Shek Kok (East) Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Draft Quarry Bay Outline Zoning Plan amended
4. Appointment of HA Members for 2005/06 (Friday, 25 March 2005)

23 March 2005

1. Developers' land-use applications put on hold

22 March 2005

1. World Trade Centre adds shop floors

21 March 2005

1. $195M in compensation paid to injured construction workers
2. Wu's bridge not too far as Ho, Sun Hung Kai sign up
3. Construction sector pays big price for work injuries
4. Private sector eyed for delta bridge

19 March 2005

1. Draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North OZP published
2. Initial concept plan for Aberdeen Tourism Project
3. $5.5b plan to revamp Ocean Park is unveiled
4. No need for arts hub canopy: IFC creator
5.Planning board rejects residents' bid to save Wedding Card St buildings
6. KCRC puts Kowloon project up for tender

18 March 2005

1. Construction Output for the Fourth Quarter and the whole year of 2004
2. Building industry looks to Pearl River Delta workers
3. Council backs Wedding St residents

17 March 2005

1. Tsang gets more time in cultural hub extension
2. Time to stop budgeting on land sales income
3. Longer consultation on the cultural hub

15March 2005

1. Use harbour in cultural plans, urges architect

14 March 2005

1.Cultural hub faces delay
2. Long wait for diagnosis of harbor health
3. Public would prefer a park on West Kowloon site, says group

12 March 2005

1. Draft Nam Sang Wai Outline Zoning Plan amended
2. $1b plan to revamp Shamshuipo site
3. Swire airs lofty aims for Castle Steps site

11 March 2005

1. Swire plan cuts runway into islands

10 March 2005

1. Relics of industrial past may be demolished
2. 'Low' land premium boosts Li hotel plan

9 March 2005

1. Projects worth US$5b to get under way this year
2. Doonesbury
3. Land sales plan raises spectre of flats shortfall

8 March 2005

1. Doonesbury

7 March 2005

1. DAVE BARRY’s two basic food groups:
2. Draft Ngong Ping Outline Zoning Plan amended
3. Draft Sai Kung Town Outline Zoning Plan announced
4. Draft Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill and San Po Kong Outline Zoning Plan amended
5. Draft Shek Kip Mei Outline Zoning Plan amended
6.Wan Chai Development Phase II required to meet urgent traffic needs
7. Reclamation fight turns to new CE
8. Twice as many sites for developers amid boom
9. Land auction of 35 sites could net $65b
10. Greens plead for tolls to kill bypass and save harbour
11. Sha Tin link depends on rail merger decision
12. SCMP Graphic

4 March 2005

1. Lantau development 'unacceptable'
2. Lantau plan so bad it has to go, says green lobby

3 March 2005

1. Housing Authority Budget faces uncertainties
2. Housing body issues deficit warning
3. Mr Tung's departure could mark launch of d-chips era
4. Morgan places competitive bet
5. Sir Gordon is on a roll
6. Prized toilet wins maximum exposure

2 March 2005

1. Standby plan urged for cultural hub
2. Commercial makeover for industrial wasteland
3. Kai Tak proposals set to air
4. Contractor arrested over falling wood

1 March 2005

1. 2 windows plunge in reminder of deadly threat